Metal Detecting

Read this on a Forum - posted originally in XP Forum.. could explain why some (me included) dont like the 3.1 Hopefully some will test the theroy
- John

Just had message from one of the 'techies' at factory.

When you are updating make sure coil is NOT near any metal (I previously thought incorrectly that it would be OK) as it may program incorrect parameters to the coil.

Update.. Problem solved
Alain at XP Metal Detectors stating "you can update the coils even if they are on a metallic surface", no problem at all

That would be handy for them to put that into the instructions when doing it lol. Thanks for that.John
Hope the new arrival and mother are doing well

Again to reinstall

Lol, how the hell are you meant to avoid metal when your doing this from your computer in a house full of wires, pipes and random rubbish?

Really, they must think we do these things in a sterile environment surrounded by plastic!!!!!

Grr!

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i was blaming the ground for lack of deep signals maybe i should reload, cheers John

I've just gone back to V2 as mine was all over the place after installing V3.1. I have to say my coil was near a fair bit of metal when I updated it, do you reckon it's worth re installing V3.1 and trying again with it?

hotmill wrote:I've just gone back to V2 as mine was all over the place after installing V3.1. I have to say my coil was near a fair bit of metal when I updated it, do you reckon it's worth re installing V3.1 and trying again with it?

Woud be a great help if you or one of the other users of 3.1 would give it a test to establish if we all did it wrong... Could be, and in next week everyone is on 3.1 Speed..

Danzigman wrote:

hotmill wrote:I've just gone back to V2 as mine was all over the place after installing V3.1. I have to say my coil was near a fair bit of metal when I updated it, do you reckon it's worth re installing V3.1 and trying again with it?

Woud be a great help if you or one of the other users of 3.1 would give it a test to establish if we all did it wrong... Could be, and in next week everyone is on 3.1 Speed..

I'll re install V3.1 and give it a try. Won't be until the middle of next week as I am working away from home until then. It might explain why some users think V3.1 is fantastic and why some like me had real problems with it.

Inabus99 wrote:Lol, how the hell are you meant to avoid metal when your doing this from your computer in a house full of wires, pipes and random rubbish?

Really, they must think we do these things in a sterile environment surrounded by plastic!!!!!

Grr!

P

Hold the coil in the air until the reading is at zero and no sound coming from the control box Simples

Blimey that`s a biggy if that is actually the case I have done it wrong also, I can see it could make a difference.
Thanks for that update John
Cheers
mrix

Cant really see it making any difference myself...next it will be saying hop on one leg whilst doing update

Cant really see it making any difference myself.

At the end of the day its worth finding out for sure I have just emailed Alain at XP to find out one way or another

Cheers
mrix

mrix wrote:

Cant really see it making any difference myself.

At the end of the day its worth finding out for sure I have just emailed Alain at XP to find out one way or another

Cheers
mrix

Thanks for that.. that will settel it.. guess everyone is worried now how and if..

Thanks for that.. that will settel it.. guess everyone is worried now how and if..

Yes I am not surprised people are worried, I would of thought almost everyone who updated never took a second thought that having the coil near metal could cause an issue.

Anyway we will see
Cheers
mrix

IMPORTANT Update to this Thread

Just had confirmation back from Alain at XP Metal Detectors stating "you can update the coils even if they are on a metallic surface", no problem at all

You only have to be careful before you switch the machine on for use that it is away from anything metal so at least 15 inch`s is recommended.

Cheers all
mrix